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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it when Helen and her family travel for their vacation?

2. Who else in Helen's family seemed to be verbally gifted?

3. Where did most of Helen's lessons come from during the summer?

4. What causes Helen's feelings of pain for the other students to pass quickly?

5. What was Sullivan trying to teach Helen the difference between when Helen became extremely frustrated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Helen feel about many of her professors' methods for teaching the great works of literature?

2. How did Helen feel about her Latin lessons?

3. What happened to Helen's approach to religion after Bishop Brooks died?

4. How was Helen able to learn some of the basics of geography and what did she think she was actually doing?

5. What were the big events that Helen was able to participate in during 1893?

6. What happened to Helen's canary?

7. How did Helen spend her days when she was with her family at Fern Quarry?

8. When Helen's parents took her to Baltimore, how did Helen feel about the trip?

9. What did Anne Sullivan begin to do as soon as she arrived at Helen's home?

10. What was a first for Helen when she attended Cambridge School for Young Ladies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways did Helen change throughout the novel? In what ways did she remain the same? Do you think Helen herself recognized how she changed or did it just become more apparent to others? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe the trip to Baltimore was such an important part of Helen's life? Why do you think she is able to clearly remember the amount of detail so many years later? Have you ever experienced an event like this? If so, describe it. If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Helen does so much namedropping throughout this novel? Do you believe it is necessary? Why or why not?

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